I felt like I was going to explode!!! But maybe that’s just me.
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So I had all these intense emotions from watching it and yet I didn’t know how to express the emotions.
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I don’t mean bullying in the American sense, where some stoner steals your lunch money or some jock gives you a bloody nose.This is the Japanese-style bullying that causes a lot of teen suicides in real life: kids in this movie just do violence and sexual abuse like LORD OF THE FLIES meets DELIVERANCE or something.Īnd this is where I found the film really irritating: And then they go to school and FUCK EACH OTHER UP. Then they go online and write anonymous letters about how emo she is and how wonderfully she can express their deep sensitive feelings.
The only way any of them can express emotions is by listening to this totally sensitive-girl singer called LILY CHOU-CHOU. But they ALL lose their emotions and play their roles like robots. Some of the 7th graders turn into bullies and some of their good pals turn into victims. Because only really hip, with-it guys know that kids spend lots of time in chat rooms.īut despite being filmed in an annoying way, most of the scenes ARE tragically beautiful to look at and it’s got a great premise: It’s about how a group of ten or so 7th graders gradually go from being innocent people and good friends to totally psycho, alienated 8th graders who wreak unspeakable havoc on each other. So even if you can’t understand the damn movie, you have to admit this guy is hip. Oh, and throws a layer of ‘cyber’ chatroom text over the whole thing for good measure. Oh, and changes from ‘regular’ cinematography to ‘hand held cheapo videocamera’ style every other scene. So he’s trying to be hip when he makes the movie go backward and forward in time. Perhaps this will explain the confusion of the film: it’s made by Shunji Iwaii, who is in his late 30’s but is ‘really in tune with youth culture’ (meaning, he used to make music videos). AND THE MOVIE KEEPS GOING BACKWARD AND FORWARD IN TIME so the characters always look different, maybe I don’t have to be a white-supremacist Nazi to lose track. and they spend the whole film wearing identical school uniforms.
Does it sound racist to say I can’t tell the characters apart? I swear to god I’ve seen tons of Asian (or even Asian-American movies) and ALWAYS been able to tell people apart.īut when you have around, oh, TWENTYFIVE main characters.
But I can’t do this about LILY CHOU-CHOU, because I couldn’t figure it out at all. Normally I am a Ruthless Reviewer who would not think twice about giving away the plot of a film. And it WILL leave you feeling kind of soiled when it’s done with you. The easiest way to sum this movie up is to say it’s the Japanese version of Harmony Korine’s Kids. – Yu Aoi as Shiori Suda – Ayumi Ito as Yoko Kumo
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